In the Soft Wash Gel is a 'normal' car shampoo with significantly increased proportion of synthetic foaming agents, surfactants to the usual extent, as synthetic colors and fragrances, increased amount of paraformaldehyde.
'More foam', 'better odor' and 'thick mass' but are objectively not be equated with 'better effect'.
Synthetic foam is also a problem for sewage treatment plants, as this virtually wanders through all barriers unhindered.
The gel works fine, but, as I said, with significantly increased 'subjective' agents. The product is therefore 'felt' more productive, with an application note from four capfuls per 10-liter bucket but in no case more efficient than comparative products.
In relation to the price of 8.90 euros, Wash Gel is overpriced significantly as an individual product for 473 ml, other products with a similar result, there is much more favorable.
As a really problematic I feel the high proportion only of recalcitrant ingredients that are also used in the existing concentration very high.
The Meguiars Step 3 System is established and really good. By washing, cleaning, polishing and waxing is achieved by far the best and most sustainable results. Competitive products that clean in a single pass, polish and want to grow, I will not even comment.
But you should, if necessary, in order to decide whether you occasionally want to switch to another product or another product with added accepts the limits of the three components Meguiars know.
I must start by saying that I almost always work with a gear polisher (Festool FEQ150).
I would also like to point out that both paint cleaner and Lackpolitur are last end 'just' fine abrasives with different grain sizes.
Step 1: Paint Cleaner
The Lackreiniger processed is very good, is very efficient, dries very quickly and keeps itself with a microfiber cloth again erode easily.
For old and / or weathered paintwork but this cleaner is not suitable, since he cleans very subdued, it is a very mild cleanser. For polishing small scratch the paint cleaner is not suitable at best for smallest and finest Kratzerchen.
For older lacquers and for polishing small scratch I use Nigrin 73899, a paint cleaner 'medium caliber'. Anything I do not wegkriege so, is a matter for the body painter.
The Meguiars Step 1 Paint Cleaner is the choice for new and well-preserved paints. Even if I must first work your way to the Nigrin Lackreiniger, follows in the wake of a round of the Step. 1
Step 2: polish
Often one encounters the opinion that the gloss is created with the wax. False. The shine comes through the polish. The wax is only a 'seal on time', the light reflects light and is only the supposed splendor makers.
Anyone who wants to achieve a long lasting deep shine, now must go to polishing.
So the second step comes to the essential meaning. The polish has 'more work', what one already noted also in the processing with the grinding machine, polishing.
WARNING: Allow to dry the polish in no case! No all polishing large areas! If the polish has dried, it can be removed with the microfibre cloth only extremely troublesome again, if at all !! If that happened, only one thing: again by polishing, but this time in small sections and thereby remove the polish of the finished polished surfaces again quickly with the microfibre cloth! The pre-baked polish goes with it surprisingly well gone.
The polish is buried alumina as abrasive. Has the huge advantage that the clay is crumbling just fine at about solid contact pressure, or nothing will happen, but just has the disadvantage of caking on to a long wait.
For the application with a polishing grinder because of the additional heat generation on the paint surface accordingly: Small surface polishing (max 1/4 m2.) And then pay off immediately with the microfiber cloth. This passage can do just fine for two, then goes Ruck Zuck.
Prima polish! No purpose Because all sooo economical.
Step 3: Growing
The Step 3 Carnauba Wax is even Meguiars ratios so la la.
This wax is processed great, the supernatant can be (longer drying up note) then calmly wonderfully slimming with the microfiber cloth. As with any wax the wax layer needs to 'harden' a few days, the natural UV light does here for once good services. The life I would call average. At the latest after three or four car washes the spook is unfortunately over.
If you like carnauba wax (smells just delicious), I recommend Meguiars Professional Paste Wax # 16 (it swear whole generations of lacquer fetishists), even higher quality, I find the new synthetic polymer wax Meguiars G18211. Who neatly polished, thus already achieved almost a proper 'wet look'.
On top of that there's the set even a pad for manual application and a microfiber cloth, both always gladly taken! Despite the good polishing grinder there are still corners where manual labor is in demand, as the door fold, mirror trim etc.
A good set, for the money you do nothing wrong, but it's just still a little better ...
